Katherine Medland Spence
| Katherine Medland Spence | ||||||
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| Born | 5 August 2000 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  Canada | |||||
| Discipline | Women's singles | |||||
| Coach | Ken Rose Danielle Rose | |||||
| Skating club | Nepean SC | |||||
| Medal record | ||||||
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Katherine Medland Spence (born 5 August 2000) is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup champion and the 2025 Canadian national bronze medalist.
Personal life
[edit]Medland Spence was born on 5 August 2000 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] As of 2025, Medland Spence is a student at Carleton University studying chemistry.[2]
Career
[edit]2024–25 season: International senior debut
[edit]Medland Spence made her international senior debut at age 24 at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup. In Warsaw, Medland Spence placed first in both the short program and the free skate to unexpectedly claim the event title over Ekaterina Kurakova and Marina Piredda.[3]
At the 2025 Canadian Championships in January, Medland Spence entered the event as a podium threat given her strong performance in Warsaw in November. She placed second in the short program, and despite falling to fourth place in the free skate, hung on to earn the bronze medal behind three-time national champion Madeline Schizas and silver medalist Sara-Maude Dupuis. Due to her performance at nationals, Medland Spence was assigned to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in February alongside Schizas and Dupuis.[4]
Programs
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–2025 |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
| Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Continents Championships | TBD | |||
| Canadian Championships | 6th | 7th | 13th | 3rd |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 1st | |||
| Cranberry Cup | 9th | |||
| Skate Canada Challenge | 6th | 11th | 12th |
Detailed results
[edit]| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 181.89 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Short program | TSS | 60.03 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| TES | 32.83 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| PCS | 27.20 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| Free skating | TSS | 121.86 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| TES | 64.32 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| PCS | 57.54 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
Senior results
[edit]| 2024–25 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
| 19–23 February 2025 | Four Continents Championships | TBD |
TBD |
TBD | |
| 14–19 January 2025 | 2025 Canadian Championships | 2 61.99 |
4 119.56 |
3 181.55 | |
| 20–24 November 2024 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | 1 60.03 |
1 121.86 |
1 181.89 | |
| 2023–24 season | |||||
| 8–14 January 2024 | 2024 Canadian Championships | 16 41.71 |
11 94.03 |
13 135.74 | |
| 29 November – 3 December 2023 | 2023 Skate Canada Challenge | 10 51.85 |
14 94.32 |
12 146.17 | |
| 10–14 August 2023 | 2023 Cranberry Cup | 10 48.52 |
8 93.76 |
9 142.28 | |
| 2022–23 season | |||||
| 9–15 January 2023 | 2023 Canadian Championships | 7 54.29 |
5 105.19 |
7 159.48 | |
| 30 November – 3 December 2022 | 2022 Skate Canada Challenge | 14 50.29 |
11 93.98 |
11 144.27 | |
| 2021–22 season | |||||
| 7–13 January 2022 | 2022 Canadian Championships | 7 55.74 |
7 102.65 |
6 158.39 | |
| 1–5 December 2021 | 2021 Skate Canada Challenge | 12 48.13 |
5 103.26 |
6 151.39 | |
External links
[edit]- Katherine Medland Spence at the International Skating Union
- Katherine Medland Spence at SkatingScores.com
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nazareth, Dylan (17 January 2025). "Katherine Medland-Spence is Sticking to the Plan Heading into Nationals". Skate Ontario.
- ^ a b Cleary, Martin (13 November 2024). "HIGH ACHIEVERS: Katherine Medland Spence upbeat heading to Warsaw Cup for first international assignment in Europe". OttawaSportsPages.ca.
- ^ a b Cleary, Martin (27 November 2024). "HIGH ACHIEVERS: Focused Katherine Medland Spence wins it all in international figure skating debut at Warsaw Cup". OttawaSportsPages.ca.
- ^ a b "Canadian Figure Skating Teams Announced for 2025 ISU Championships". Skate Canada. 20 January 2025.
- ^ a b "CAN – Katherine Medland-Spence". SkatingScores.com. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Katherine MEDLAND SPENCE: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 January 2025.